Tora-san's Runaway
# Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway (男はつらいよ 望郷篇, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Bōkyō hen) aka Tora-san Homebound is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Runaway is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Cast

* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Aiko Nagayama as Setsuko Miura
* Hisashi Igawa as Tsuyoshi Kimura
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Taisaku Akino as Noboru Kawamata
* Masamichi Matsuyama as Sumio Ishida
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt)
* Hisao Dazai as Tarō Ume
* Tokuko Sugiyama as Setsuko's mother, Tomiko
* Gajirō Satō as Genkichi (Man at the Temple)
* Michio Kida as Masayoshi Takioka

## Critical appraisal

Chieko Baisho was given the Best Actress award at both the Mainichi Film Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards for her roles in Tora-san's Runaway and Kazoku. Yoji Yamada and Akira Miyazaki were also given the Best Screenplay award at those two ceremonies for their work on those two films.

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Runaway three out of five stars.

## Availability

Tora-san's Runaway was released theatrically on August 26, 1970. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1983 and 1995, and in DVD format in 2005 and 2008.

